The Manson Family Is One of the Most Notorious Cults Ever — But What Did They Really Believe?
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Charles Manson and his followers may be best known for the brutal string of murders they carried out in the summer of 1969, but the group’s focus wasn’t always murder and mayhem.
Many of Manson’s followers have said they were attracted by the charismatic cult leader’s full acceptance, the sense of community in the group, and the drug-addled philosophy and music sessions that were a regular part of daily life.
“These young women were searching for love,” Lis Wiehl, author of Hunting Charles Manson: The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter said in Oxygen’s special Manson: The Women. “Charlie was dynamic and charismatic and he would play the guitar and he sang and it was in that culture where these young women were searching for love.”
Charles Manson and his Family are the focus of another new series, Making Manson, premiering on Peacock on November 19. The three-part docuseries includes never-before-heard conversations with Manson himself. Before it premieres, learn more about what the Manson Family believed in.
The cult spent much of its time on the rundown Spahn Ranch, a property owned by George Spahn that once served as the backdrop for old western movies and television shows. Former Family member Sandra Good, who remained “thankful” to Manson until his death, recalled the picturesque days spent on the ranch while speaking to producers of Manson: The Women.
“Sitting around the ranch front, drinking coffee, watching the parade of wranglers and writers, George Spahn taking his daily walk … chickens clucking, roosters crowing, the old goat, the dog, the horses coming and going with new riders on their backs,” she recalled of the group’s early days. She credited Manson with teaching her about the “deep connection to the natural world” that humans should have or risk “dire consequences.”
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